Philopedon plagiatum

Philopedon plagiatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Philopedon
Species:	P. plagiatum
Binomial name
Philopedon plagiatum (Schaller, 1783)

Reitter 1916 plate 155

Philopedon plagiatum (sometimes Philopedon plagiatus), the marram weevil, is a species of broad-nosed weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It originates in Western Europe, ^{[5] [6]} with a distribution which includes Portugal, Spain, France, Ireland, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Greece, Switzerland and Italy. ^[7] It has been introduced into North America, first recorded in 1940. ^[8] It is now established in the Maritime Region of Canada and the northeastern United States. ^[1]

Marram weevil, Philopedon plagiatum

Marram weevil, Philopedon plagiatum

References

1. "Philopedon plagiatum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
2. "Philopedon plagiatum species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
3. "Philopedon plagiatum". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
4. "Philopedon plagiatum Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
5. Morris, M.G. (1997) Coleoptera: Curculionidae. (Entiminae). Broad-nosed Weevils. Royal Entomological Society of London Handbook 5(17a).
6. Hoffmann, A. (1950, 1954, 1958) Coléoptères curculionides. Parties I, II, III. Paris: Éditions Faune de France. Bibliothèque virtuelle numérique pdfs
7. Alonso-Zarazaga MA, Barrios H, Borovec R, Bouchard P, Caldara R, Colonnelli E, Gültekin L, Hlaváč P, Korotyaev B, Lyal CH, Machado A, Meregalli M, Pierotti H, Ren L, Sánchez-Ruiz M, Sforzi A, Silfverberg H, Skuhrovec J, Trýzna M, Velázquez de Castro AJ, Yunakov NN (2017). "'Cooperative catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera Curculionoidea'" (PDF). Monografías electrónicas Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa. 8: 1–729. Retrieved 26 Apr 2021.
8. Bright, Donald E; Bouchard, Patrice (2008). The Insects and Arachnids of Canada. Part 25. Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae. Ottawa: NRC Research Press. p. 327. doi:10.1139/9780660194004 (inactive 12 July 2025). ISBN   978-0-660-19400-4.

Further reading

• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-26093-1.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-25916-4.

External links

• Media related to Philopedon plagiatum at Wikimedia Commons
• Images representing Philopedon at BOLD